Parties Respond Changes in American Parties and Campaigns

Name: Parties Respond Changes in American Parties and Campaigns
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ISBN: 9780813346007

ISBN-10: 0813346002

ISBN-13: 9780813346007

Edition: 5th 2013

Authors: Mark D. Brewer, L. Sandy Maisel

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As a survey of the most current and significant issues affecting party politics in the United States,The Parties Respondhas become a classic resource for reference and college courses. Mark D. Brewer and L. Sandy Maisel draw together leading scholars to contribute thirteen original essays discussing partisanship in the electorate, parties and the media revolution, the campaign and election process, parties in government, and much more. The fifth edition is significantly revised with twelve new chapters, bringing each of these topics up to date for the modern political arena and highlighting the many changes in party politics over the past ten years.

Book details

List price: $51.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Publication date: 8/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

L. Sandy Maisel is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government and chair of the department of political science at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The author and/or editor of a dozen books, he lives in Oakland, Maine.



List of Figures and Tables


Prologue


Acknowledgments



Political Science and the Study of Parties: Sorting Out Interpretations of Party Response




The Diminshing Oddness of American Political Parties




Attempting to Build a Winner: Parties and the Crafting of Electoral Coalitions




Party Activists, Ideological Extremism, and Party Polarization




Local Party Viability, Goals, and Objectives in the Information Age




National Parties in the Twenty-First Century




Parties and the Presidential Nominating Contests: The Battles to Control the Nominating Calendar




Political Parties and Campaign Finance: Challenges and Adaptations




Boehner's Dilemma: A Tempest in a Tea Party?




Political Parties and the Media: The Parties Respond to Technological Innovation




Congressinal Parties and the Policy Process




Partisan Presidential Leadership: The President's Appointees




American Political Parties in an Age of Polarization



About the Editors and Contributors


Index